Make a virtue of necessity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Men love newfangleness.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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